ABL 0932 (P334630)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0932 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334630 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-gamil. The best of health to the king, my lord! May [N]abû and [Marduk] bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [......] to the king |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [......] of Tishri (VII) |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......] let him write |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...... bit sal]ā' mê (ritual) |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] foot |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... whose eyes] are fixed on the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 6'6'–r 9'9' | And [concerning] my brother about whom I wrote to the king, he is not to their liking. (Therefore) he does not serve in your palace. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—ga-mil | |
| 2 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia a—dan-niš | |
| 3 | {[d]}AG u₃ {[d}AMAR.UTU] a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x a]-na LUGAL | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x] ša {iti}DU₆ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x] liš-pu-ra | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x E₂—sa]-⸢la⸣—me-e | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ GIR₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x] ša [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x]-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x ša IGI.2-MEŠ-šu₂] TA@v LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 6' | šak-na-a-ni u₃ [ina UGU] ŠEŠ-ia | |
| 7' | ša a-na LUGAL aš₂-pu-ra-an-ni | |
| 8' | la-a ma-hi-ir ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | ina E₂-ka la iz-za-az | |
| r.e. | ||
| 10 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ku [x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x] iz-bi [x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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